Bowel imaging at RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER

8240 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1053363853

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,955.42

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,955.42

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$118.17 with Anthem vs $2,659.88 with 4Most Health Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Anthem HIX $118.17 ↓ -96%
Anthem HPN $119.44 ↓ -96%
Anthem PPO $128.04 ↓ -96%
Anthem HMO $128.04 ↓ -96%
Lifeworks MCR $561.53 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $650.19 ↓ -78%
CareFirst HMO $706.02 ↓ -76%
CareFirst RPN $706.02 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $827.52 ↓ -72%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,329.94 ↓ -55%
Cigna HMO $1,547.28 ↓ -48%
Cigna PPO $1,547.28 ↓ -48%
Cigna IFP $1,624.00 ↓ -45%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $1,773.25 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $2,098.35 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $2,098.35 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $2,098.35 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $2,127.90 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $2,364.34 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Network COMM $2,659.88 ↓ -10%
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital

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Bowel imaging at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,107.00 $401.83 – $1,459.03
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,107.00 $401.83 – $1,459.03
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,107.00 $401.83 – $1,459.03
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,107.00 $401.83 – $1,459.03
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,107.00 $401.83 – $1,459.03
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $2,957.00 $95.38 – $1,745.03
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $4,577.00 $141.66 – $848.52
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $3,218.40 $79.80 – $1,643.18

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